Detachable utensil-handle.



A. A. BORSSE. DETACHABLE UTENSH. HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. ll, I918.

v 1,277,182, Patented Aug. 27, 1918.-

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'ANTON A. ronssn, or snnBoY AN, wlscoivsm.

DETACHABLLE UTEivsIL-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented AugQZ'Y, 1918.

Application filed March 11, 1918. Serial No. 221,740..

handles of the same general class as that illustrated in my co-pen'ding patent application. Serial No. 205989. 7 g

The invention is adapted to be used especially in connection with utensils which are designed to be heated. In other words to provide such utensils with detachable handles," all danger of the users hands being burnt is eliminated. The object of the present device is'to provide a handle which can be very quickly attached to or detached from va utensil.

With this general object in view the invention resides in the improved features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed and shown in the drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of my improved handle attached to a 7 portion of a utensil.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, certain parts of the utensil being broken away and in section, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of a utensil and the adjacent parts of my invention.

The utensil U- to which my improved detachable handle is applied, is of conventional design, but is preferably provided with an ear or the like 1 that extends from the side wall of the same adjacent its top edge. Said ear comprises a transversely slotted plate disposed horizontally with respect to the utensil and provided with depending attaching and reinforcing flanges 2, the free ends of which are bent laterally in opposite directions and riveted or otherwise secured as at 3 to the wall of said utensil.

the t w r bei g ac the all h utensil and the latter substantially midway the ends of said base portion.

As 1n said co-pending application above referred to, my improved handle 6 is provlded at one end with an attaching portion for cooperating with the ear 1, the said attachlng portion being transversely ofi'set as :at 7 and has its free end bent laterally or 8... The shoulders provided with a lug formed by the offset portion 7 :and the lug 8 are such a distance apart as to cause the former to engage the outer wall of the slot 5 and the latter to contact with the outer is disposed through said slot 5 and arranged asshown in the figures of the drawing. The

'ofl'setportion will thus engage the under side of the ear and the handlev 6 adjacent said offset portion will engage the upper surface of the ear.

This engagement between the handle and "the attaching ear will permit the utensil to be readily lifted and carried from place to place. When, however, it is necessary to invert the utensil or otherwise subject it to unusual usage, a pivoted retaining member 9 is brought into operation. This member is substantially in the form of a right angular plate pivoted at the end of one arm 10 between a pair of cars 11 which depend from and are formed integrally with the handle 6. The otherarm 12 of the member 9 is considerably longer than the first mentioned arm whereby to provide a finger piece as shown in Fig. 3. I

Normally the weight-of the arm 12 causes the member 9 to be spaced from the handle 6 for instance when the attaching portion 0 s the handle is being engaged with the ear 1. But whenthe ear is to be removably connected with the handle, the retaining member 9 is moved as best'shown in Flg. 3 to wall of the slot 1 when said oflset portion engage the inner end portion of the arm 12 withthe under side of the base portion forming the ear proper. Release of the finger piece vwill automatically cause the disfrom one side of the arm 10 is adapted to engage one of the ears 11 to limit movement of the retaining member away from the F rm i with h a rm s Copies of this patent may be obtained for it will be evident that this improved handle may be very quickly and effectively attached to a utensil, and also that the disconnection of the parts may also be readily accomplished. This is due to-the ease of manipulation of the retaining member 9.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a handle having one end offset for interlocking engagement in a portion of an article to be carried, an ear depending from the handle and having its free end portion laterally directed toward'the ofi'set portion of the handle, and an angular retaining member pivoted at one end to the ear, one arm of said retaining member extending inwardly of the handle to form a finger piece.

2. A device of the class described comprising a handle 'having one end offset for interlocking engagement in a portion of an article to be carried, an ear depending from the handle and having its free end portion laterally directed toward the offset portion of the handle, anangular retaining member pivoted at one end to the ear one arm of said retaining member extending inwardly of the handle to form a finger piece, and a I laterally directed stop on the retaining member .engageable with the ear to prevent pivotal movement of the retaining member in one direction.

3. A device of the class described comprising a handle having one end adapted to engage an article to be lifted, an ear on the handle, and a substantially right angular retaining member pivoted at one end to said ear, one arm of the retaining member being adapted to grip said article between the same and the handle.

4:. The combination with a slotted ear, of a handle having one end portion ofiset with respect to the other part, the free end of said ofiset portion being turned laterally said ofi'set portion being disposed through the slotted ear, said laterally turned end being engaged with one Wall of one of the slots, a retaining member pivoted to the handle adjacent the offset portion, and a finger piece on the retaining member adapted to move the latter to grip said ear between the same and the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan, and State of Wisconsin. V

ANTON A. BORSSE.

five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of latents. Washington, I), Q. 

